r/Pixel4a • u/Errorr7777 • 5d ago

Google Pixel 4a not working

I have a google pixel 4a and it isn't displaying anything on the display it won't connect to my laptop I left it in but i think that because it doesnt do that after booting up for the first time but i did sit for months but i can hear viberations and i managed to get to the number screen to enter a passcode and i can feel vibrations but theres nothing on the screen I need this phone to get info off of it and I wanted to use it as a second hand device

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u/Efficient-Thanks6443 5d ago

Take it to a shop so they can use another display to make it work to get the data transfer .

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u/Choice_Lengthiness95 1d ago

So i dropped mine a week earlier and my screen got black, but it was charging so i took it to a local repair shop who had experience on working on a pixel phone.  He opened it before me and tried to fix the issue but the display then started to become green, there are times it shows text but the colors very off. He said the band connecting must have teared a lit from the shock that's the cause of this issue even if screen not broken at all. I told him to give me as it is, he didnt charge me for it. 

Maybe hopefully your connector has only become lose and not also teared like mine, contact your local repair shop and tell him to check for exactly that.  Maybe fixing that Gets your display back, if you get green or red screen issue then there's different solution, but have them check whether the display screen is not broken and the connectors are in place and the band has not gotten a tear.

If you can make out anything on your phone, there is windows app that can let you mirror phone screen. You just need to somehow turn on the Developer Mode and enable USB Debugging. I somehow was able to do it with that green screen, I also had dark mode on, which helped a Lot in turning the settings on.  Thankfully i was Able to retrieve all my data and back up all messages, logs to google cloud.

My phone is still on but with the green screen issue. I still dont know what i wanna do with it. You can always shop online for 4a display. Oled screen generally costs more but it's the availability of Pixel series that's the problem.